Twisties....Whirligigs.....Helicopters

Or whatever you want to call them we have millions this year and they are everywhere.

If only I had a Penny...........I would be.......LOL

Rainy Sunday

What else is there to do on a rainy day? Cleaned house and did laundry and then baked up a batch of good old fashion oatmeal raisin cookies. Yummm! I haven't mowed lawn since last Sunday and I can't get home in time during the week to get it done. It will have to be baled by the time I do get to do it. Plus, we leave next Friday night to go down to my brother in laws for the weekend. Ugh....I might have to hire someone to mow this week!

Spring Tulips 2010

Captured these one morning, heading for work. We have a garden in the middle of an intersection that the master gardeners maintain and I just happened to drive down this road while cutting around some traffic congestion. I'm always forgetting about it cause it's on a road I don't travel on much. Anyway, took these and a few more and will post as I work them up. I thought I'd get back over there the next morning, earlier, but forgot. They would look better if the sun was not as high as it was on this day.

Crabapple

This is my favorite color of crabapple. I'll try and get a shot tonight of it in fuller bloom. I took this one on Sat. morning and it wasn't quite completely bloomed out yet. Had a super busy weekend....mainly cleaning and fertilizing flower beds. I'm beginning to realize that I've got way too much to take care of for the shape I'm in. But...I was able to get down on my knees on Sunday evening....I hadn't been able to do that since I had surgery. Maybe the knee is finally coming around! Yippee.

Waking Up.

Hummmm....when I click on new post, I have to delete your signature...what's up with that? Anyway, took this quickly this am cause I wanted to catch it as it was emerging. I got home last night and noticed that it was covered with buds and it was waking up this morning. Love this tree! It's not real sharp but was pretty windy and I didn't want to wait.

New Spring...

I'm not sure what I did but I posted this last night and it disappeared. Maybe I just dreamed that I posted it...LOL....
We are finally in full Spring now. I can't believe how much opened up this weekend. It's like everything that had been asleep all winter, decided to wake up at the same time. The world is once again, beautiful!

Spring Time Mosaic

Went back through my pictures and pulled out a few that says Spring Is Here. I normally like the nice bright colors of Spring but I decided to tone them down some by giving this a vintage look by adding an overlay from Florabella.

Easter with the Grands

Had a wonderful time with the Grands over Easter. They went home yesterday and I'm wiped out today. Plus it's raining and that always makes me sleepy. I'm so glad the weather was so nice for the kids. We even had to turn the AC on it got so hot.

Background from DDE. Photo frame from Joanne Brisebois. Word art from DD. The rest mine.

Used an action called try out pak and I can't remember where I got it.

Spring Thunderhead

I love taking photos of these clouds. There is just something about a huge white thunderhead against a blue sky that is mesmerizing to me. Took this yesterday and will probably see them again today as we have severe weather in the forecast for this afternoon. We worked most all weekend in the yard. After our 15 minutes of hurricane winds on Good Friday, the rest of the weekend turned out real nice. We got the lawn all mowed and fertilized and I got some of the mums and pampas grass cut back. I've still got lots of cleaning to do. Christmas is officially over here in Missouri now...got the last of the Christmas decorations taken down and put away on Sunday morning. LOL....this was a first for us...we NEVER have lights up after the end of January, let alone the end of March...a sign of how severe our winter was here. We got the front yard tilled up and seeded down but the storm interfered with the side yard work. If we had had one more hour before the storm, we would have got that side done too. It's suppose to be nice next weekend, so hope to get it done before we have to leave for Gavin's birthday party.

More Pink Tulips

More Tulips.....It got up to 85° today and I have been at it all day.
I'm beat....going to go put my feet up.

Pink Tulips

Every time I see these I have to bring them home. Love them.
Isn't this shade of pink just perfect?
Mine outside aren't blooming yet.,but soon.

More Daisies

These don't even make me feel better today.

Fastener from SP. Used Soft & Faded action from Pioneer Woman and overlay from Florabella.

Spring Robins

These little gals are sooooo fat! I needed to use the tripod cause the lighting was terrible but it was in the truck and I was in the house and I didn't want to scare them off. It's till snowing right now but not real heavy. Kansas City is getting hit really hard...last time I saw the weather they had over 8 inches and still coming down. I hope it slides past us! We have had more than our share for one season.
I started feeding the birds last fall and we are just now beginning to see a variety of them. We had tons of robins, one cardinal and one woodpecker this morning and tons of little chickadees. I love watching them! I need to get a book on Missouri birds and learn how and what to feed them so I can get some different ones. My sister in law has Orioles and they are so beautiful!
This is a kit called Spring Breeze by Michelle Shefveland and I got it from Scrappers Guide.

First Day of Spring.....&**%$#$%^&

Look what we woke up to......I'm about to pack it up and move somewhere tropical! We were just getting the rock roads settled down so we could travel on them. This is disgusting!

Daisy.....Daisy

I found this vase on my last trip to the Amish Country and had to have it just to use as a photo prop. Love the color. Got the Daisy at the florist yesterday.
I think this will get printed and framed to hang in my bathroom when I get it redone.

Mom's Birthday Card

I will not take credit for this card and I hope its ok with the artist that I 'borrowed' it. It was fun to recreate it without the stamps or punches. I can't thank you enough for helping me with the leaves. I think I could have made them but it would have taken me a whole lot longer! I'm so slow. The punched edge took me most all day yesterday to figure out but I'm glad I persevered cause it taught me a bit more about the Sure Cuts a Lot program and using my Cricut. I can browse these card sites forever....love to see their work and hopefully, someday, when I have more time, I can design my own too. This was the first time I've added stitching to my cards and it won't be the last time. It was so funny to be sewing on paper instead of material and I really like the look it gives the card. I ended up using a grunge overlay cause I was too tired to go to town to buy any ink. I've got an ordered placed for some right now, along with some more card stock and some ribbon.
The card is designed by Besty Weldman and her website is Paper, Scissors and Superheros.

More Spring

Brent had to take the first shot for me. I've been down in the back for several days, don't think I could get down for this angle on a good day. No way on a bad day. If I did I would still be laying there tomorrow.

These are so pretty. Wish they would stay forever.

LOOK...... what I found today

I hope this makes you smile like it did me.

Vick, Jessi & Jason

This is a quick and not very good snap of the kids. That Jason is so ornery that if I do more than point and shoot he is making silly faces at me. Can't get a good picture of him at all.

Background paper Taylormade. Dot paper from Sp with a color change. Word art from DD and the flowers and grid brush is FeiFei's stuff.

I almost forgot how to do a page.

Retouched

Let me know if this one looks better.